God of War Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

Published: Jan 24, 2005

Walkthrough

Rooftops of Athens

As you exit the tunnel, jump onto the ivy covered wall to the right and start climbing up to the rooftops. You'll have to jump back and forth between a few buildings to reach the top, and when you get to your destination you'll be happily met by a bunch of wraiths. These enemies will burrow underground and pop up under you with an instant attack, and while you can block their initial attack, you'll be stunned and unable to block the follow-up strike. When you see a wraith go underground, stand your guard and hold the block button. Block the initial attack and immediately roll away from the enemy to cancel the stun and avoid the next attack.

As you fight off the wraiths, legionnaires with swords and bows will assist in your demise, so be ready to fight them off. With all enemies dead, you can safely break open the wooden wall in the area, revealing a chest with a Gorgon Eye.

Even with the area cleared of enemies, the two doorways to this rooftop are still closed off by magic barriers. Head up the stairs to the left to reach an upper rooftop with more enemies to fight, including a few more wraiths and a giant cyclops. Your best bet is to deal with the wraiths first, running away from the cyclops to lure the lesser enemies towards you. When you've got them killed, focus your efforts on the cyclops. Attack with quick combos and watch for his attack—when the cyclops pulls back to attack you, roll to the right to dodge the blow. A second cyclops will follow the first one's death, so don't start relaxing until both are dead. Before leaving the rooftop, move to the far end where you can step to a secret ledge with a chest holding a Phoenix Feather.

Head back down the stairs and, if you killed all enemies, you'll find that the doorways are now unblocked. Exit through the doorway at the base of the stairs and turn left outside to find a chest with red orbs. The far end of this walkway is broken off, revealing a large open chasm. Jump across to the nearest platform and, from there, jump onto the ivy covered pillar ahead. Once on the pillar, climb right until you can follow the ivy to the bottom of the pillar. From the bottom, start moving left around the outside of the pillar to reach the patch of ivy that's facing the nearby balcony. From here you can jump to the balcony and fight off the wraiths that appear before continuing through the hall behind to clear out the archers on the next balcony. With the archers dead, you'll have a much easier time jumping between the pillars ahead.

Return to the first pillar and crawl around to the other side of it, from where you can jump backwards to grab ahold of a second pillar. Again, crawl around the pillar and jump to the landing on the other side. Just ahead, the path branches—for now, take the path to the left, following the arching walkway that leads under a few archers.

To the left is a large bow and arrow mechanism that you can move around by grabbing it from the side. Take hold of the bow and shove it down the hall ahead and into a room with a gear on the floor. Place the bow on top of the gear, and then open up the doorway just left of the gear to reveal a lever. Before you can get to the lever, though, you'll have to take out the numerous legionnaires that appear around you. With them dead, go back into the room you opened and pull the lever to spin the gear and the bow. Pull the bow back off of the gear, pull the lever again to return it to the defeault position, and then push the bow back onto the gear again. Pull the lever once more and you should have the bow now pointing at the reinforced wooden door. Pull back the bow and let the arrow destroy the doorway, letting you access the hall beyond.

The hall leads to a room with a glowing pillar of light. Step into the light and you'll be granted a new ability. As the door before you opens up, step through it to return to the walkway where you first found the giant mobile bow. Backtrack across the arched walkway and use your new power—Zeus' Fury—to kill all four archers above. With those enemies gone, a doorway will be unblocked, letting you access a destructible wall with a Gorgon Eye and a Phoenix Feather.

Exit the room you're in and head back across the arched walkway. You'll return to the fork in the road where you were at previously, and this time you'll want to take the doorway to the right. At the back of the room is a ladder that leads to a rooftop guarded heavily by harpies and minotaurs. Fight off the enemies and move right across the rooftop. You'll find a ladder that leads to a chest with a Gorgon Eye. Drop back down the ladder and head left across the rooftop.

You'll need to jump over a gap to the next rooftop. From here, turn left and you'll find a small wooden platform that's on the end of the rooftop. You can jump off of this wooden platform to grab onto a hanging rope, and continue jumping from rope to rope to reach a hidden rooftop with a bunch of chests. You'll likely want to use Zeus' Fury to take out the archers on the adjacent rooftop (you can actually target them before jumping onto the rope) before collecting the health and magic refills and returning to the previous rooftop.

Once back on the previous rooftop, smash down the wooden structure to the left, allowing you to jump to the next roof. Here you'll face off against two minotaurs before smashing through a stone structure, revealing an ivy covered wall you can jump to. Hop onto the ivy and climb up to the rooftop. Follow the path at the far end of the rooftop and you'll see a man across the way that's holding a lever which operates the drawbridge. Target the man with Zeus' Fury and let loose a single lightning bolt to kill him, releasing the draw bridge.

Cross the bridge into the building ahead and you'll find two chests bearing a Gorgon Eye and a Phoenix Feather. Further down the hall you'll run into a pack of wraiths, and it's difficult to fight them in such close quarters. Take advantage of your grapple tear them apart one by one and push through the hall. A second pack of wraiths will meet you before you reach the elevator platform at the end. Take the elevator down to reappear in Athens Town Square.

Balance across the shattered bridge to the other side and continue up the mountain path. Along the way, you'll run into legionnaires that you need to slay before breaking open a section of the wall that reveals a red orb chest. Grab the orbs and head up the path to reach the Temple of the Oracle.